Fabric holder and exhibitor.



P. A. RAABB. FABRIC HOLDER AND EXHIBITOR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 8,1913.

1,073,51 9. Patented Sept; 16, 1913.

LE EB ATIORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANounAPn C0,. WASHINGTON, 0. c4

comprises a substantially rectangular frame,

FRANK A. RAABE, OF STANTON, NEBRASKA.

FABRIC HOLDER AND EXHIBITOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

Application filed April 8, 1913. Serial No. 759,635.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK A. RAABE, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Stanton, in the county ofStanton and State of Nebraska, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Fabric Holders and Exhibitors, of which the following isa specification.

My invention is an improvement in fabric holders and exhibitors and hasfor its object to provide a device of the character specified,especially adapted for holding a plurality of rolls of fabric, as forinstance silks, cloths, rugs, oilcloths or linoleum, and for retainingthe said fabrics in rolled condition or for permitting the said fabricsto be displayed, without the necessity of moving the rolls from place toplace, and wherein the rolling and unrolling is done mechanically.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of the improved device; Fig. 2is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a partial side view;Fig. 1 is a section on the line ir-' of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an enlargedlongitudinal section of one of the rollers and its connections; Fig. 6is a section on the line 6-43 of Fig. 5, and, Fig. 7 is a perspectiveview of one of the stop blocks.

The present embodiment of the invention consisting of a base 1, sidebars 2 and 8 respectively connected with the base near the ends thereof,and a cross bar 4 connecting the upper ends of the side bars. The base 1is of sufficient width to furnish a firm support, and the side bars 2and 3 of the frame extend from the rear of the base, and the baseextends beyond the said bars at each end, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.The side bar 2 is provided on its inner face, with a vertical series ofhangers, each hanger being of resilient material and comprising a platehaving one of its ends 1 secured to the side bar 2 by means of screws 5or the like, and an inwardly offset portion 6 which carries a journalpin 7, the said journal pin having a head 8 secured to the portion (3 ofthe hanger in any suitable manner.

A block 9 in the form of a substantially rectangular frame is mountedfor sliding movement on the inner face of the side bar 2 adjacent toeach hanger, and each of the said blocks is provided at its base with alongitudinally extending slot 10, and the slot is engaged by screws 11,the said screws passing through the slot and being threaded into theside bar 2, to slidably connect the block with the side bar.

A series of rollers 12 is provided, each of the said rollers having atone end an opening 13 for receiving the journal pin 7 of a hanger, andat its opposite end each of the said rollers 12 is engaged by an annularlateral flange 1 1- on a ratchet wheel 15, each of the said ratchetwheels having an axial journal pin 16 extending in the oppositedirection to the flange. Each ratchet wheel is also provided with atransverse key or lug 17 on its inner face, the said lug extendingdiametrically of the flange, and each of the said keys or lugs is seatedin the material of the roller 12, to prevent rotation of the ratchetwheel with respect to the roller. The side bar 3 is provided with anopening for each journal pin 16 in alineinent with a journal pin 7 onthe other bar 2, and the said journal pins 16 extend through theopenings and beyond the outer face of the side bar 3.

A pawl 18 is pivoted to the side bar 3 adj acent to each ratchet wheel,by means of a screw 19 or the like, and each pawl is arranged to preventmovement of the roller in one direction. Each of the journal pins 16 hasits outer end of polygonal shape as indicated at 20, to receive a crank21, to rotate the roller, and each of the said pins iS provided with anannular groove 22 at the outer face of the side bar A plate 23 isengaged with the groove of each journal pin, each of the said platesbcing of approximately semi-circular shape, as shown more particularlyin Fig. 3, and a screw 21 is provided for holding each plate to the sidebar, the said screw passing through an opening in the plate. The plates23 prevent longitudinal movement of the roller, while at the same timenot interfering with the angular movement of the said roller. It will benoticed from an inspection of Fig. 5, that the groove of the journal pinis of greater width than the thickness of the plate, in order to lessenfriction be tween the plate and the journal pin. Each roller 12 ispreferably provided with a cas ing or facing in the shape of a tube 25of paper, pastcboard, or the like, each of the said tubes 25 being of across section to lit the roller, and to permit the removal andreplaccmcnt of the tubes. Each of the said tubes may be held in place bymeans of a split ring 26, the said ring embracing the A smoothin roller29 is arran ed on thebase the said roller restin ina: 'roove 3O 7 B) CDextending longitudinally of the base on the..

upper face thereof, and just in front of the side bars 2 and 3, the saidgroove being a sufficient length to receive the roller. The roller is ofsuch length that the ends thereof are approximately flush with the outerfaces of the sidebars, and the said roller is held in place by means ofbracket arms 31, each of. the said arms being. arched to fit theperipheral surface of the roller, and the saidarms are secured to thebase at the ends of 'thegroove by means of a screw 32 or. the like.

That portion ofthe base in front ofthe groove between the side bars 2and 3 is cut away to the level of the groove, as indicated at 33, andthe base is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 34 at the endadjacent to the side bar 3 in the said cut away portion. A guideconsisting of a platecomposed of a portion 35 resting on the upper faceof'the cutaway portion and a portion 36 ofiset: upwardly from the saidface is connected to the slot for adjustment longitudinally of the base,and by means of a bolt 37 passing upwardly through the slot and theportion 35 of the plate, and engaged by a wing nut 38 above the saidportion 35. The head'of the bolt. 37 is received in. a countersink orrecess 39 in the-under face of the base at the slot,.to permit freemovement of the bolt without interference with the surface upon whichthe device rests.

The rollers are adapted'toreceive fabric material of any character, thesaid material being rolled on the rollers by means of the crank 21. Whenit is desired to place material on roller, the crank is engagedwith theportion 20 of the journal pin of the sald roller, and the roller isrotated in a' direction to wind up the cloth. The pawls prevent reversemovement of the rollers.

Thecloth is fwound on the tube 25, and whenit is desired to exhibit thecloth from any particular roll, the free edge of the cloth is graspedandpulled outwardly, after the pawl adjacent to the roller has been lifted,to permit reverse movement of theroller. The rollers may beremoved, bysliding the block 9 rearwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6,to move the said block out of position to be engaged by the portion 6 ofthe adjacent hanger. been. so moved, the portion 6 of the hanger thatcarries the journal pin may be pressed wheel, and the ratchet wheel maybe then After the block has.

moved laterally away from the said bar 3 to the journal"pin?v from therecess 13 of the roller. The screw 24 of the plate 23 adjacenttothesa-id roller has meanwhile been loosened, to permit the plate to beturned out of'engagement with the groove 22. The roller isnow movedlongitudinally toward the side bar 2, and also swung laterally to permitthe journal pin 16 to be withdrawn from the opening O.L the side bar.2..-

During' the winding of the fabric on the rollers, the guide35-36 isadjusted so that the edge of the cloth will engage the web connectingthe two portions 35-36 of the guide, andthe end of'the said cloth isfirst passed beneath the smoothing roller 29, before the said endisengaged with the roller.

As the cloth winds on the roller 12, the.

of the cut away. portion, to cause the cloth to wind smoothly anduniformly on the said roller 12, and the guide prevents lateral movementof the fabric, causing the same.

smoothing roller holds the cloth to the base to wind in such manner sothat the end of" the roll of cloth is even and uniform.

The. roller 29 is of sufiicientweight to insure the smooth. rollingof'the fabric. The

clamp ring. 26 prevents angular movement of the tube'25 with respect tothe roller and the saidtube-prevents injury to the cloth from the roller12. The said tube alsofurnishes a support for the roll of cloth in caseit. should'be desired to remove the said .7 roll'asa rollfrom theroller. The smoothing roller 2'9may befremoved from its groove,

by loosening the screws 32 enough to permit the brackets;3l to be swungoutwardly from above the endsof the roller. The cut away portion 33' isof approximately the same length as that portion-of'a roller '12betweenthe free edge of the flange 14 and the oppo siteend of the roller. That.is, the said cut away portion is of a length corresponding,

to the-width of the widest strip of fabric that may be woundupon therollers 12.

I-cla1m: 1. A device of thecharacter specified,

comprising anopen supporting frame, a series of vertically spacedhangers secured to the frame at one side thereof, each hanger having ajournal pin ofisetv inwardly 'toward the opposite side ofthe frame, aroller for each hanger,.eacl1 roller having an open? ing for the journalpinin one end, means 'at the opposite side of the frame for supportingthe opposite end of each roller, and

-means in connection with thesaid-supportpreventmg reverse movement;

ing-means for f the roller.

2. In a device of, the character specified, comprising, an open.supporting frame and rollers journaled in the frame,each roller havingat one end an axial opening,.a resilient hangersecured at one end to thesupporting frame adj'acentto each roller and having at the other end ajournal pin for opposite side of the frame to support the engaging theaxial opening of the adjacent roller.

roller said end of the han er bein" offset 1 toward the roller, and abihck slidhble on LRANK RAABE' the frame at the said end of each hangerWitnesses:

to prevent Withdrawal of the journal pin, RALPH H. TrrUs, each rollerhaving means for engaging the FRANK Ml'r'rnns'lum'r.

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